Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art
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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most
Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.
White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.
Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.
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Oti Tsone, Contributing Photographer
Oti Tsone, Abuja, Nigeria (P639)
Welcome to our new Contributing Photographer, Oti Tsone, from Nigeria!
Oti comments, “I am so happy to contribute to this great mandate to serve humanity. Communication with Elaine was seamless and very friendly. I am glad to be a volunteer at The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals, and my little can help make a difference!”
Haylee Hutson, Contributing Photographer
Haylee Hutson, New York USA (P626)
Enjoy this beautiful rainbow photo by our new Contributing Photographer, Haylee Hutson!
Haylee comments, “Hello, my name is Haylee Hutson, and I am volunteering for the Healing Photo Art Foundation through the Syracuse University Florence I-Volunteer program! I am currently in my third year of college at Syracuse University, where I am studying marketing and entrepreneurship. I am thrilled to be a contributing photographer for this wonderful non-profit to help spread a sense of joy to those spending their time in hospitals. I’ve had the luxury of being able to take beautiful pictures across all different terrains throughout the world, and I am so excited for this opportunity to share them as a vital part of the foundation’s mission.
Here is one of my first contributions to the foundation, which was taken at Saranac Lake in Upstate New York. Being from Syracuse as well, I’ve ventured to many stunning Upstate locations like this one. This was taken right after an intense rainstorm, and I thought it was a special and comforting capture of a bold rainbow. I am honored to contribute to such a meaningful cause!”
